Modi pays tributes to Tilak, Azad on birth anniversary

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid rich tributes to noted freedom fighters Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Chandra Shekhar Azad on their birth anniversary on Friday and recalled their contributions to the country. Modi tweeted that Tilak was a firm believer in Indian values and ethos, and his views on education and women empowerment … Read more

2 airplanes collide at Dubai”s main airport; no injuries

Dubai : Two passenger jets from low-cost carrier FlyDubai and Bahrain-based Gulf Air collided with each other on the taxiway at Dubai International Airport early Thursday morning, though authorities reported no injuries in the incident. FlyDubai said one of its Boeing 737-800s heading to Kyrgyzstan found itself affected by ”a minor incident” and forced to … Read more

4 journalists at shut Hong Kong paper charged with collusion

Hong Kong : Hong Kong police charged two top editors and two editorial writers at Apple Daily with collusion weeks after the city”s largest pro-democracy newspaper was forced to cease publication and its assets were frozen. Executive Editor-in-Chief Lam Man-chung was the eighth executive or journalist at the shuttered newspaper arrested in recent weeks as … Read more